IT Architect

Quick Facts

• Role: IT Architect
• Focus: Target corporate and cloud architecture for a bank technology transformation
• Work model: Hybrid (2 days per week in the client office in Warsaw)

Description

You will define the target IT architecture, create technology standards, and support the implementation of modern cloud and integration solutions, with security requirements and financial-sector regulatory compliance in mind. The role covers architecture design across business, application, data, and technology domains, including modernization and migration initiatives. You will also model architectures, facilitate architecture workshops, and assess change impact.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop corporate, application, data, and technology architecture aligned with the Bank’s IT strategy
• Define architectural standards, rules, and architecture roadmaps
• Design cloud solutions for AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments
• Analyze business, functional, and non-functional requirements and translate them into architectural solutions
• Design integration architecture using SOA, API Management, and microservices
• Support digital transformation, system modernization, and cloud migration initiatives
• Run architecture workshops and provide technology advisory to stakeholders
• Assess the impact of technological changes on the organization’s existing architecture
• Analyze and optimize cloud service costs using FinOps practices
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, analytics, security, and business teams

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT architecture
• Minimum 3 years of experience designing or implementing cloud solutions
• Hands-on experience designing business, application, data, and technology architecture
• Experience delivering cloud transformation programs in large organizations
• Experience in IT architecture modernization, cloud migration, or data platform build projects
• Very good knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks: TOGAF, ArchiMate, or Zachman
• Practical knowledge of at least one cloud platform: AWS, Microsoft Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge of microservices architecture, SOA, and API Management
• Ability to model architecture using UML and BPMN and work with architecture repositories
• Knowledge of IT security, risk management, and regulatory requirements for cloud environments
• Knowledge of FinOps practices and experience optimizing cloud costs
• Experience facilitating architecture workshops and collaborating with business and technology stakeholders
• Independence and analytical thinking in a complex organizational environment

Benefits

• Clear B2B collaboration approach and opportunities tailored to your experience, specialization, and preferences
• Dedicated contract manager for project coordination and collaboration organization
• Access to selected trainings, certifications, and conferences (participation and funding agreed individually)
• #SmartChange: возможность to indicate availability for the next qualification process when a client project ends or you want a different role
• Community activities, including webinars and other initiatives
• Sports/community activities and access to training rooms
• Optional additional benefits: private medical care, sports card, insurance, and psychological support (details defined per service)
• Cafeteria platform to allocate points to selected products/services (rules per separate regulations)

You can apply even if you do not meet all requirements—your experience will be evaluated for this or other project opportunities.